Yeah...only a meaningless game but sounds like a lot of people got to play. Who were you impressed by(if anyone played well, that is) and who played poorly? Sounds like Wheatly was terrible, Butler was good(although didn't he get burned in the first game?). How does Bodden look? Is O'Connell choking big time out there? How did the safeties look? Are Sanders and Merriweather much improved or not? I'm still not sold on Sanders. Also sounds like the right side of the O-line needs a serious make-over. I wish I got to watch the talent out there but had to stick to the exciting ESPN gamecast text at work. :(Posted by -008-

Darius Butler really impressed me, he has all of the tools to be a true #1 corner. Haven't really seen much of Bodden, I figure the QBs wanna throw to the younger inexperienced corners, you know? Sanders has been decent, so has Meriweather. Nothing more, nothing less. The O-line was good against the Eagles because they never really blitzed, seemed like the whole game though the Bengals were bringing some extra person to put on the heat. That being said, our blitz pick up is not looking too good. Even with the starters.

Burres was shi*ty, he's was rushing on the weak side and couldn't even get pressure to a back up scrub Qb, give me a break!!! How come joey Porter can have a come back yr. but Burress can't, Its always R luck.Weatly should get cut,Y keep this guy if he stinks, get rid of his A*s and bring back Mike Richardson, at least he's better. The O line was horrable.

Burres was shi*ty, he's was rushing on the weak side and couldn't even get pressure to a back up scrub Qb, give me a break!!! How come joey Porter can have a come back yr. but Burress can't, Its always R luck. Weatly should get cut,Y keep this guy if he stinks, get rid of his A*s and bring back Mike Richardson, at least he's better. The O line was horrable.Posted by ZigZig

Whoah whoah whoah. Wheatley let up a few comeback routes which plays into our bend but dont break defensive plan. For anybody who saw that td catch it was a diving catch that was a very nice play. Wheatley didnt make any amazing plays but to say he should be cut and Mike Richardson should play over him is over reacting. Its seems like people take things to such extremes on this forum but nothing wrong with some passionate fans getting fired up in the preseason.

Fred Taylor is a better blocker than I realized.Maroney still does that sort of jump / hop move before the LOS, but is doing it less and hitting the hole (if there is a hole) a bit harder.Kaczur got absolutely smoked once off the line.Wheatley was getting burned by Chad Johnson and Chris Henry; had Carson Palmer played it would have been worse.Banta-Cain is playing great and was a smart pick-up.Faulk hasn't changed one bit and is as reliable as ever.Slater still doesn't have the hands to field kicks, but is fast for sure.

Ok 1st my rant, freakin NFL network is plays the game at 11pm for those outside of the boston local stations. For the second week in a row I have to listen to the other teams commentary, whats up with that? First I had to live through Herm Edwards talking about how great the Eagles are, and this week its the Bengals team which were slightly more balanced though they didn't now many of the Patriots. What the hell is their critieria for the commmentary?

Really didn't see a lot of the 1st line defense, again, hard to say, but I thought there was a lot of 4-3 alignments going on, so I didn't get see much from the linbackers, which I guess if their name wasn't could have also been a good thing.

Backups were in quick, 2nd qarter, maybe even earlier on Defense. I though Tank Williams was around the ball alot, but didn't seem overly quick. Brace had a couple of good run stops. Wheatly did not look good this game, he was torched all night, played way off, ran around lost. Butler looked good on a couple of plays. Offensively, 1st unit, nothing great from them, looked sloppy, and like they didn't want to play. They came out in the 2nd quarter. O'connell has a long way to go, seems to telegraph all his passes, but is pretty mobile, his delievery seems to take a long time to get going, I don't see how hes a viable option in the NFL. Hoyer has some pretty nice flashes, but being its against the 3rd string Bengals, I am not sure if you can take too much from it.

I'd cut Alex Smith today. I know after watching last night, whose out for the TE's. He totally wanted nothing to do with the blind-side sack of Hoyer, he saw the guy and then looks back towards the center of the field, like "good luck with that guy Hoyer". He also did nothing otherwise on the night.

Ventrone, and Nunn, look good as recievers, Nunns got some size, and good hands, he reminds me of the TO's and Moss' of the world at least in build. I don't see how you cut him, especially given last nights performance, and all the raves in practice. Lewis looks pretty good with the first unit some nice catches and at least one tough run for a 1st down. I don't think Edleman played much this game.....

Special teams sloppy and made a ton of mistakes. I think thats all my observations....

Darius Butler has phenomenal speed. He ran diagonally across the field to save a touchdown. He is raw in many aspects, but he definitely has the tools to be a shut down corner.

So far I don't like Chung returning punts. It is too soon to say he doesn't have it for this special teams position, but in the two puts I saw him return it looked ugly. One complete miss that touched him and nearly turned into turn over and another he did nothing on.

I think last night was the best I ever recall seeing for Slator on punt returns. I was ready to say he won't make the roster, but he seemed to have no spark in the past. Last night he showed something.

Fred Taylor looked quick and decisive to the hole as we expected he would be.

Overall sloppy game, the offensive line looked crappy. By the way who the hell was that the missed the block on the blind side blitz by the Cincy corner. That was horrible. It looked like he glanced at the guy and pretended he didn't see him as he went unabated to the quarterback.

Steven Williams looks like a beast (#76). He looks like the biggested work-out fiend on the team. He is ripped! From his D-line spot, he chased down and put a horrific hit on Bengals QB. He also made 3 out of 4 consuective tackles.

First, Chung was horrible last night!! He missed two or three tackles and then had that punt fumble. As far as the rookies, he's got a lot of work to do. Butler looked great. Foyer is definitely the best of the back-ups, I thought he did much better than O'Connell last night. Nunn looked good, too. Interesting to see how far Galloway will go, he dropped a lot of Brady's balls last week.

Yeah...only a meaningless game but sounds like a lot of people got to play. Who were you impressed by(if anyone played well, that is) and who played poorly? Sounds like Wheatly was terrible, Butler was good(although didn't he get burned in the first game?). How does Bodden look? Is O'Connell choking big time out there? How did the safeties look? Are Sanders and Merriweather much improved or not? I'm still not sold on Sanders. Also sounds like the right side of the O-line needs a serious make-over. I wish I got to watch the talent out there but had to stick to the exciting ESPN gamecast text at work. :(Posted by -008-

I was not impresed with O'Connell - he could not move the offense through the air - that is why they stalled - holds the ball to long and looked tentative most of the time - first game lets give him a chance - it is clear that Cassel had a handle on the offense.

I still see the same old Laurence Maroney out there - he has the skills - just hit the hole kid will you - love him in space in the passing game..